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The third volume in the best selling "DALES" series
Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage. The well-named Mrs Savage still attempts to exert her power via incomprehensible memos, and Connie continues to rule the Staff Development Centre with a broom of iron and duster of disapproval at any dirty marks. In the schools themselves Gervase Phinn faces every challenge with humour that is rarely far from the surface.
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Loved this book!.......2006-02-28
This is book two of a series about a school inspector in Yorkshire and it is delightful. (You should read book one first if possible). I was first drawn to it because of my enjoyment of James Herriot's books but after just a few pages I was hooked on it for its own merits. Any one who is a parent, a teacher, or just a lover of children will enjoy this. It is a gentle story with a running thread of romance but the primary emphasis is on the children and the teachers in the various schools inspected by Mr. Phinn. He obviously loves his job and is passionate about helping children reach for the stars. I'm really looking forward to books three and four.
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This first introduction to Alexander Medvedkin's filmmaking career traces his process of developing a unique brand of cinematic satire throughout the period of the Soviet revolutionary experiment. Using original archival material and Medvedkin's writings for his unfinished autobiography, Widdis explores the films The Miracle Worker, New Moscow and the experimental "film train"--or kinopoezd-as well as the film Happiness.
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Fast Food, Stock Cars, and Rock-n-Roll
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The only anthology of its kind, this collection brings together classic and recent essays by thirteen leading geographers exploring American popular culture. The essays examine music, food, sports, politics, architecture, clothing, and religion within the context of five themes of cultural geography: region, diffusions, ecology, integration, and landscape. A list of suggested readings follows each section. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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Conan the Barbarian meets Wile E. Coyote meets Rube Goldberg.......1996-12-24
Ostensibly written by an evil troll who delights in his skill at designing booby-traps, this book is filled with copious illustrations and descriptions for designers of dungeons and other dangerous locales for adventurers in any game system. Non gamemaster/referees can enjoy it as well by simply laughing at the cartoon-like overkill quality of many of the traps, or admiring the elegant complexity or simplicity of the many ways the book lays out to fold, spindle, mutilate, and staple pesky adventurers who insist on crashing into carefully designed dungeons to rescue the princess/slay the dragon/steal the gold/all of the above. Many of the traps are designed to catch the jaded adventurer who has seen all the generics. Trap lethality is measured by number of skulls printed next to the title. Helpful wide margins permit extensive modifications and precise notation of how much damage a trap would cause in a particular game system. Amusing and engrossing. Followed by sequels Grimtooth's Traps Too, Grimtooth's Traps Fore (I think), Grimtooth's Traps Ate, and Grimtooth's Traps Lite
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101 traps to use with any role-playing system.
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Microsoft Access has the steepest learning curve of all the Microsoft Office applications. Its basic functions aren't really intuitive, and users typically need to do some programming as part of their first Access project. For those reasons, Access is the Office application for which Office users--even experienced, highly competent ones--tend to need help learning. Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft Access 2003 is a new addition to the shelf of Access manuals, and it's one of the best. Balter does a great job of helping a novice Access user (someone who can open a database and edit fields, but can do little more) become an accomplished user. In other words, this book teaches Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming as it applies to Access. The word "Mastering" is appropriate in its title.
Balter's basic approach is to introduce a concept (say, the Implements keyword or ADO Database objects) and quickly explain its purpose with prose, then provide an example of how the concept works in practice. Which is to say, she provides a code sample. Because of this strategy, almost every page of this book has code on it. However, the author appears to have made a conscious effort to keep her code snippets short and easily comprehensible. Long, difficult-to-trace listings that span multiple pages are thankfully absent. Balter also does a good job of illustrating the Access development environment, including many screen shots of Access at work and of the applications that result from her code. This is a detailed, carefully considered book that will make sense to all but the most inexperienced Access users. --David Wall
Topics covered: How to write applications with Microsoft Access 2003. Noteworthy coverage deals with the Access way of handling object orientation, clever form-design strategies, and scores of techniques for performing various procedures on databases. Security coverage is good, too.
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What Alison's book offers over other books in that she is able to take a highly technical topic and present it in a manner that is easy to comprehend. It is a book that the reader will often want to read from cover to cover, but it can also act as an excellent reference. Readers of this book will learn:
- Access 11 application development and real-world solutions to specific development and programming problems.
- Professional programming techniques backed by concise, no-nonsense explanations of the underlying theories.
- Debugging and troubleshooting methods to solve problems quickly and get stalled development projects back on track.
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Disappointed.......2007-10-03
Is not comprehensive enough to figure out what to do with Access, for example, creating a report from more than one table. Also, the index is not very useful, but maybe because there is not enough thorough content in the book to make a good index. In my opinion, Ms. Balter attempts to put too many topics in one book, but without enough depth to make it useful. It took me 1 minute of searching online to find the answer I needed that hours of poring over through the book left me empty.
Best overview of Access.......2007-09-28
I figured out the basic structure of Access (basic Tables, Queries, Forms, Macros) from the online Help files (not including the VBA and ActiveX and linking to outside data sources and stuff). Then I went to Amazon and looked for another text and bought Getz, Litwin and Gilbert. When I first got it, I didn't understand it. So I went to a local store and browsed through the books on the shelf and decided on this one. It seemed to be at about my level -- 1/3 to 1/2 of it I already knew. And having now worked with it for a few weeks, I find it to be quite good. Two other people in the office started by borrowing my Getz, and then borrowed Balter instead for the same reason. Things are pretty easy to look up in it if you're not the type to read these things cover to cover. She covers everything clearly once (not 47 times), and you can find where that place is. She doesn't assume you know what ActiveX and ADO vs. DAO are. And there are a fair number of solutions to common needs which don't have obvious solutions...
The Bible of MS Access!!!.......2007-06-28
I bought this book about a year ago when I landed a job at which I am responsible for designing, creating, and administering various Access databases. I have used Access for about 4 years, so I thought that I was ready to tackle any task that was thrown my way - until the company started throwing advanced tasks my way. I immediately went out and bought Alison Balter's book. I scanned through the book for about 2 hours when I first bought it. I bookmarked several pages that I thought could help me out with my Access projects. The next day at work, I started to apply the information in this book immediately. I keep this book by my side at all times! I keep the book in my car to make sure that I never leave it at home by mistake. This isn't a beginner book (the user level on the back says "intermediate-advanced") so it would be good to have some Access knowledge before using this book. This book isn't a "hold your hand" book or a "step-by-step" book. It's a book that will take the knowledge of any intermediate-advanced Access user to the next level. What makes it even better is Alison herself. I was asked to create a report that uses a form to gather the criteria for the report. I was trying to utilize a technique that Alison showed in chapter 10 of the book ("Advanced Report Techniques"), but I didn't have all of the code because my son broke my CD. I e-mailed her and asked her if there was a place where I could download the files. She replied the same day, and sent all of the books CD content to me! I was able to use the chapter 10 files to get the report working properly. Thanks to Alison and her book (which I have used to do several neat and advanced things), I'm being viewed as an Access genius here at work. When/if my company upgrades to Access 2007, I will definitely upgrade to Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft Office Access 2007. More-than-likely, I'll buy the book the same day! Thanks Alison!
Soft on software.......2007-05-14
I like the book but the software bundled with it is ALL for an older version of Access. Its like they had to get this to the publisher and didn't have time to update the 2002 version. Disappointing.
Not a Reference, Not Easy to Skip Around.......2007-01-30
I am a programmer with extensive 3GL and database experience, and wanted to get to know Access better. The reviews and table of contents showed the book to be thorough, and online browsing proved it a very readable text.
This book seems to be a compilation of her training seminars. So while it is extensive in its coverage, and very readable, after two months I still cannot use it to look up a concept or function in the index and get a solid introduction or clear picture of how to use it.
Organizationally, it is difficult to pick out one topic, such as click events, and get a handle on it. The topics aren't always listed in the - extensive - index. Further, as explained in the book intro, topics are often covered piecemeal, as is relevant to the overall application being built throughout the book.
Last and most disappointing, I did not find enough definitions and explanations to help me understand the terminology specific to Access. Instead I had to jump about the book, reading every snippet on a topic, and piece it together myself.
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They Rode with Forrest and Wheeler: A Chronicle of Five Tennessee Brothers' Service in the Confederate Western Cavalry
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Thomas Burr Fisher was one of five brothers who served, between them, in the Fourth and Eleventh Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, Confederate States Army, with remarkable devotion. Using Fisher's two memoirs (one untitled, written in 1915, and "Life on the Common Level," written in 1921), his correspondence, records, and other material, along with the wartime diary of his brother William Fisher and extensive original research, the history of the Western Cavalry is recounted here.
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An excellent read covering all aspects of this period of History.......2006-11-08
Will Durant's "Caesar and Christ" is the third volume in his eleven volume "Story of Civilization. As the title suggests, the book covers ancient Rome from the founding of the Republic, through the rule of Caesar and Augustan (Octavian), to the transition to the Empire period. The book concludes with the rise of the early Christian Church and previews the social, political, military, and economic condition that would eventually lead to Rome's decline and fall.
The prospective reader should be warned that the title of this volume may be a bit misleading. Yes, while both Caesar and Christ are leading figures in this ancient drama, they are by no means the principal focus of the book. Rather, the book covers all facets of this period of history, including philosophy, religion, the arts and literature, economics, military, social, and political history.
Overall, I found the book to be enjoyable and informative. However, not having studied this period of history in great detail previously, I did find trying to keep up with the all the names, players, places, events, and geographies detailed in the book a bit difficult, although not impossible.
I am looking forward to volume four of the series, "The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization-Christian, Islamic, and Judaic-From Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300", which will likely be very insightful and informative in understanding the current issues affecting our modern world.
ANOTHER WORK OF ART.......2005-08-03
I must admit from the start, that I am a big Durant fan, ergo, I realize that my review here will certainly be slanted. That being said, I enjoyed this third volume of Durant's life work just as much as the other volumes. Durant has the ability to make even the mundane colorful and interesting. Unlike many detailed works of history, the author's style is is more prose than technical rat-a-tat. By the time you finish this volume, you have a pretty good feel of than time and era. No history book can cover it all, but if this volume is read for what it was meant to be, a overview (a detailed one though), it is one of the best in it's genra. I highly recommend this one and the rest of this author's work.
Not for everyone.......2003-11-27
I found this difficult to read. Durant's language is very colorful, almost poetic-sounding at times. He often uses far more words than are necessary to make his point. He strikes me as an old-school writer who is more concerned with impressing his reader with his writing ability than with actually communicating his subject matter in an effective and efficient manner. Some readers will like this style and others won't. Since you can find this and most of Durant's Civilization series in any public library I will simply recommend that you preview Durant and make sure his style works for you before spending your money.
All roads lead to Rome, but this is the scenic route.......2003-10-19
Only 40 years ago, Will Durant (whose wife, Ariel, was co-author of the later books) was among the most celebrated popular historians for the multi-volume Story of Civilization. Today, he is all but obscure. (I "Googled" his name and found only a single web site where he is mentioned -- and that's the site of the foundation administered by his estate).
Wherefore has his reputation dimmed so suddenly? I imagine that even when he was alive and publishing, academic historians dismissed him with their favorite put-down, that he was a mere "synthesizer." As if that wasn't bad enough, he was widely read by non-historians!
In today's academic Dark Ages, he is no doubt beneath contempt, since he doesn't see history as defined by economic, class and gender issues (although in fact he has plenty to say about all those -- he just doesn't focus on them as though they are the beginning and end of what makes the past important). Moreover, Durant assumes the currently unthinkable on our politically correct campuses: that western civilization and Dead White Males actually have given us a great deal that has timeless value.
But, if you have shaken off (or not been subjected to) the ideology of the PC drones of academia, Durant is just the writer to make history what it was meant to be: colorful, literate, mind-stretching. This is no sugar-coated account; he discusses the ugly, cruel and unjust aspects of the Roman Republic and Empire, but balances that by examining what was good and enduring.
Of the Story of Civilization books, I have read completely only this volume on the Roman world (I'm currently reading the previous volume on Greece), but have no hesitation in saying that Caesar and Christ is the best piece of historical writing I have ever encountered, and I suspect that the whole series has many of its virtues. Although he may be a "synthesist," Durant has obviously read deeply in the ancient writers, and has seen and pondered the art and artifacts of the Roman era.
The result is prose that sings, and encompasses both the "big picture" and fascinating, out-of-the-way detail. Durant gives you a survey of the personalities, the politics, the social world, the ideas, the literature and the arts of this period that shaped the western world. Far from being a piece of bone-dry "historiography," Caesar and Christ is a grand essay in the great tradition of Gibbon. The elegance and wisdom of the writing are something to marvel at.
If you are interested in the Roman era, you will find Caesar and Christ to be enormously rewarding.
An enduring contribution to History.......2003-03-24
"Caesar and Christ" (as well as all the eleven books of the majestic History of Civilization) has marked my youth as the tenderest introduction to History I have read - showing to me, several years since that personal discovery the vicissitudes of its writing. Today the Durant's oeuvre is seldom cited as a source of scholarly written History, but he and his wife (Ariel Durant) introduced a new, pioneering method of historical presentation and analysis, exploring many paralel dimensions of philosophy, morals, science, economy around a certain episode of humane history, in an astonishing tessitura. Since his days, History has become an astonishing knowledge network, richly modulated by gender, ethnical, special issues, but it is amazing to see that the rare intellectual gifts of a single couple (Will and Ariel) make a manking's history an enchanting work of artisanship, delicious to read today as it was for me decades ago. It is an enduring contribution to History, a best written selection we must be proud of prizing in our basic readings.
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Enlightening.......2007-08-01
Bogs down somewhat when it delves into all of the short reigns of military usurpers , but that is intrinic to the subject and thus unavoidable. However, it has added much to my knowledge and I highly reccomend it.
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Ron Beckett and Jerry Conlogue, the unlikely hosts of the National Geographic Channel's popular The Mummy Road Show, recount their adventures both in front of the camera and behind the scenes as they travel the world in a converted Charles Chips delivery van. Beckett and Conlogue pioneered the combined use of radiography and endoscopy to unlock the mysteries of the world’s most baffling mummies--and in the process breathed new life into an old science.
Their work has led to startling discoveries and unique insights on how people throughout human history have lived and died, and how cultures related to living and dying. Abundantly illustrated and refreshingly informal and candid, Mummy Dearest includes features such as “Smile and Say Yeesh,” which provides a new perspective on dental hygiene, “Diamonds are a Ghoul’s Best Friend,” an inventory of cool stuff looters left behind, and “Don’t Try This at Home,” a mummification how-to. Mummy Dearest moves easily from serious science to lighthearted fun and back, and ultimately serves as an entertaining travelogue of a surprising journey of discovery.
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VERY Entertaining.......2006-10-17
Reviewed by Lisa Kisner for Reader Views (10/06)
This book details some of the adventures the authors had while filming "Mummy Road Show," which aired for several years on the National Geographic Channel. Using a nondestructive approach to study mummies, combining radiography and endoscopy, these men search for answers related to mysterious mummies around the world.
"Mummy Dearest" discusses mummies found in different parts of the world. They perform research on mummies residing in a variety of places including in underground tombs, crypts under a church, in museums and in a high school outside Chicago. The authors tell the history of each mummy and how likely they arrived in their current state. The author's sincere appreciation of mummies and their desire to preserve and protect these treasures come through on every page. Details about the history and culture surrounding each mummy and the startling discoveries the authors find allows the reader to gain an understanding into how important this work is. The author's writing entices the reader to find out more about the world of mummies. I do wish, however, more color pictures were included.
"Mummy Dearest" is a great book to learn about mummies as it is not overloaded in technical detail and very entertaining. I found this an easy read and no prior knowledge of mummies or science was needed. This book will delight readers who have any interest in history and/or mummies. I found this book fascinating and hard to put down. At the end of the last chapter I wanted more!
Great read..........2006-01-21
I found this book to be a great read for the scientific person, but beware if you are squeamish. There is just the right combo of humor and science, and the book conveys these two guys obvious passion and respect for what they do and the people they meet along the way. I laughed out loud in parts of this book and also had reactions such as "Ewwww" out loud! I might be biased because I am a former student of Jerry's, but I still think it's a great book. Believe me, if I had not known Jerry at all I would've thought some of this book was embellished...however, to learn from Jerry and be in his classes....let's just say I believe every word!
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This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 4954 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The fight for Canada's Muskwa-Kechika: First Nations tribes, environmentalists, politicians, and industry came together--in peace, for once--to protect 15.5 million acres of spectacular wilderness in the northern Rockies. But now the deal is starting to unravel.
Author: Rick Bass
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